Earlier this year, Dota 2 received a huge boost in interest thanks to the ‘Auto Chess’ mod, taking the known and loved heroes of the Dota universe and completely changing the gameplay. There were some rumours that Valve might hire the team behind the mod but instead, we’ll be seeing …

The trade war between the US and China is going to be a double-edged sword for many tech companies.

Microsoft has been testing out features and talking up its next major Windows 10 update for a few months now. While this update will increase the minimum storage requirements for the operating system, it will also add in plenty of good features, mainly giving users more control over future update …

It has been a long time since Google Glass last made headlines. Since scrapping plans for a consumer launch, Google has been reworking Glass with a focus on enterprise/business users. Now, Google Glass Enterprise Edition 2 has appeared, with a new design, better hardware and a high price tag. The …

The Sims 4 may not have reached the same heights of popularity as past games in the series, but if you have ever wanted to give it a go, then now is the perfect time. This week, EA is giving The Sims 4 away for free on PC- the game …

A couple of weeks ago, Vodafone announced plans to become the first UK carrier to offer 5G, with the service set to go live in July. Today, EE usurped those plans by announcing that it will be kicking off its own 5G roll out in May, more than a month …

There has been a lot of discussion around cross-platform multiplayer in games over the last couple of years. At this point, Microsoft, Nintendo and Sony are all on board with the idea, paving the way for today, with Dauntless launching as the first game with full cross-platform multiplayer. Dauntless was …

This month, we teamed up with GIGABYTE to give KitGuru readers a chance to win a fantastic gaming laptop, complete with an Intel Core i7 processor, a GTX 1060 GPU and a 144Hz 1080p display. We had many entries for this one, but today we are pleased to announce the …

We are still a while off from the launch of Sony’s next-gen PlayStation but we already began hearing about the console’s hardware specs back in April. At the time, Sony’s lead architect on the PS5, Mark Cerny, talked up the console’s SSD capabilities but some of it was difficult to …

AMD's top-end Navi will reportedly cost $499 and edge out an RTX 2070

Last week, the Epic Games Store took a break from throwing money directly at publishers and decided to use some of that Fortnite cash to pass on savings to consumers. The initial idea sounded pretty good, with Epic Games funding a £10 discount for any game over £14, including titles …

We were all surprised last week when heads at Microsoft and Sony came together to jointly announce that the two companies would be working together on future game streaming technology and services. It turns out, the announcement may have also caught the PlayStation team off-guard too, who weren’t clued in …

It is no secret that a lack of integrated voice chat is one of the Nintendo Switch’s few weaknesses, with Nintendo asking players to resort to a smartphone app for all multiplayer chat needs. Peripheral makers and game creators are looking to circumvent this problem though, starting off with PDP …

The need for high-wattage external power supplies has been increasing in recent years, primarily in business. These external power supplies need to factor in a number of additional features, including high stability, efficiency, low noise and ease of replacement. FSP has the answer for those customers, thanks to the company’s …

Last night, it was officially revealed that Google has revoked the Android license from Huawei. This means that going forward, Huawei will be cut off from Google’s apps and services. Huawei has now put out its own statement, promising security updates and after-sales services for devices currently in circulation. Huawei …

Sure, Grand Theft Auto V still sells millions of copies each year, and Fortnite is one of the fastest rising games of recent memory, but it turns out, Minecraft is still king when it comes to overall sales. As part of Minecraft’s ten year anniversary, Microsoft took the opportunity to …

As software continues to move forward and evolve, it becomes harder to support older devices. The number of years you are guaranteed updates for varies between smartphone makers, although Apple tends to keep its devices going for longer than most. With that said, iOS 13 will reportedly drop support for …

Just last week, we learned that Microsoft and Sony were partnering on a joint development effort for game streaming and services based on Microsoft’s own Azure datacentres. This was an interesting move that will see two of the biggest companies in gaming working towards a unified infrastructure to compete with …

Last week, immediately following the launch of Rage 2, it came to light that Denuvo DRM was included on the Steam version of the game but was left absent on the version sold through Bethesda.net. This ultimately made having the DRM on either version pointless, as pirates had already began …

As tensions between the US and China continue to climb, Google pulls its Android license from Huawei

The issue of developer crunch has been coming up a lot lately, with extensive reports on the issue plaguing many major studios, including Rockstar, Epic Games, NetherRealm, BioWare and more. CD Projekt Red has been relatively open about the fact that it goes through ‘crunch’ periods during development. Now ahead …

Earlier this month, around 200 Riot Games employees walked out of the company’s LA office to stage a protest against upper management. At the time, heads at Riot allowed the walk out to go ahead and promised that there would be no backlash against employees for participating, Now, Riot has …

For many years now, Call of Duty has been on a three-year development cycle. Infinity Ward, Treyarch and Sledgehammer take turns on a predictable cadence but a wrench has been thrown into the works for Call of Duty 2020, with development reportedly switching back to Treyarch for Black Ops 5. …

Ever wanted to own a high-end gaming laptop? Today we would like to give KitGuru readers that opportunity. We are giving away a brand new Alienware Area-51m laptop, featuring an Intel Core i9-9900k processor and an Nvidia RTX 2080 GPU for blistering performance. 

Call of Duty has been one of the most popular franchises in gaming for years now, generating billions for Activision every single year. That number could receive a boost in 2019, as after years of rumours, Call of Duty Mobile is actually happening, and it will be publicly playable soon. …

Yesterday, Epic Games took a break from throwing cash directly at publishers in order to drum up some goodwill with PC gamers with a ‘mega sale’. As part of the sale, Epic Games put up a blanket £10 discount on all games on the store that cost £14 or more, …

Just last week, we learned that AMD would be teaming up with Cray to build the world’s fastest supercomputer for scientists in the US. Now, Cray has more big news, as the supercomputing specialist has been acquired by Hewlett Packard Enterprise for $1.3 billion. HPE announced today that it has …

A few years ago, Razer made the decision to leave Cherry MX behind and partner up with a mechanical switch manufacturer to produce its own switch designs. Nowadays, all Razer keyboards ship with variants of Razer’s mechanical switch, and now, third-party peripheral makers are getting involved too, with Thermaltake launching …

Earlier this year, Quantic Dream announced that three of its former PlayStation exclusive games would be heading to PC as part of the studio’s initiative to turn multi-platform. Heavy Rain, Beyond Two Souls and Detroit Become Human are all coming to PC this year, with playable demos set to release …

Back in Q3 2018, Nvidia reported lower than expected results due to a weakened crypto-mining market and excess Pascal inventory taking longer to sell. Then for Q4 2018, Nvidia had to cut its earnings estimates due to weaker than forecasted sales in the gaming and datacentre markets. Now, we have …